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Leopold, Luna Bergere

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Main Project Reach, showing Latin Square position of painted rock groups in the sandy channel. Santa Fe County, New Mexico. Circa 1960. Published in U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 352-G, Figure 152-A. 1966.
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Panorama with image 9b. Retake of Dutton 22, Pyramid Rock (ratio 1:3.6) east of Gallup New Mexico. Apparently camera was a few feet closer to rock face on the left than Dutton's. Some blue grama; big bush in foreground Atriplex con, 10 percent galleta, thistle growing base of Atriplex con. McKinley County, New Mexico. August 16, 1946.
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First-order tributary in basin of Arroyo Caliente. This photo and image 074 show the most headward extensions on the smallest tributary rills in the area. Person at left for scale. Santa Fe County, New Mexico. Circa 1955. Published in U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 282-A, Figure 14. 1956.
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Darton image 884 taken in 1901. Compare with Leopold image 022. Near Navajo church, two miles northeast of Fort Wingate, New Mexico, looking north 20 degrees east. In 1946, the formerly open spaces show an encroachment by sage. Grass between sage brushes of low density, 2-10 percent, and consisted of ring muhly (mulenbergia porteri), with lesser amounta of Aristida Fendleriana, Sporobolus airoides, Hilaria jamesii. Sage in foreground obscures gullies 3-4 feet deep. Sage heavily grazed, some bushes nearly dead. Compare with Darton image 884 taken in 1901. Open spaces in 1901 covered with thin stand of blue grama grass; foothill slopes covered with sage (Artemisia tridentata) and scattered juniper trees. McKinley...
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